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rROCKed to them that instead offING POPULARITYNed Finley AddingFame to Mountainstaking i icandy, they accept thrift stamps andmoney, which they might spend once at the store for trinkets andwar-saving stamps, an idea that w seized upon with acclaim by the chU*dren and heartily endorsed by th ' parents. As a result a number Z North Carolina mountain children a vigorously engaged in a campaign'1/; increase their store of war-saving stamps as a contribution towards thwinning of the war.Western North Carolina has found its greatest development through the instrumentality of those who visited it and appreciated its charms. A census of the residents of the progressive towns of this section will reveal this fact to any deubting Thomas. Some times at a lodge meeting, board of trade gathering or some other booster organization, take a census in your own eye and mind of the natives present and you will be convinced of this remarkable truth, provided it be a. gathering of town people.When it comes to developing a village or rural section, Ned Finley, the popular and veteran screen actor and producer in his own right, has doubtless done more to put Bat Cave and Chimney Rock on the map of notoriety than any one other character.Mr. Finley came to this section amounted police officers wear red coats, but for some time now members of this force have been clothed in the more inconspicuous khaki.While playing the role of a mounted police officer in the “O’Garry” series produced by Vitagraph several years ago, Mr. Finley was supposed to wear the gaudy red coat of tradition. Ned bucked. Besides railing at the color, which photographs a dull black, he declared that khaki was more suitable for a soldier. He wanted to wear khaki and he finally won his point.“At the time I was appearing in the ‘O’Garry’ pictures I wrote a prominent Canadian official telling him why I had recommended a new costume for the film trooper,” said Mr. Finley recently. “I pointed out that the red coat made an easy markBetween locations, Director-producer-actor Finley devoted much time to instructing the children in the art of saluting and drilling, and in the course of three weeks he had orga. nized a highly trained and efficient band of young patriots. Mr. Finley was elected chairman of the l0Calpatriotic activities committee in rec-ognition of his untiring efforts to pro-mote the cause of patriotism.Producer Finley has one of the most novel studies of any motion picture producer in the country—twoabandoned cabin on the top of Bat Cave mountain, one of the wildest and most beautiful spots to be found along the Atlantic Coast States. An unrivaled range of scenery, which permits the taking of almost every type of outdoor picture within the range of a few miles of the studios, is at the command of the company! with the result that the Ned Finley pictures are being produced with a great wealth of scenic effects, which add tremendously to the interest in these pictures.“The Raiders of Sunset Gap,” a dramatic story of a raid upon a moonshine still, was staged in surroundings which served to make the story as realistic as the most exacting director could require. When it came to produce “The Return of O'Garry,” a story of the Northwest MountedPolice, the company journeyed a few miles distant and soon found locations which served admirably the needs of this type of story.“I never saw such a wealth of scenery in any part of the country,” declared Producer Finley on his return to New York after three weeks spent in the mountain fastness of Bat Cave. “I don’t believe that a script could call for any variety of location which we could not find within a few miles of our studios—mountains, plains, forests, rivers, caves, lakes— fact, everything that an artisticini eye could desire is at our beck. TheVIEW FROM CHIMNEY ROCK.few years ago and learned of its desirabilities as a place for producing motion pictures and he has grown stronger in his convictions from year to year and as a result is now head of the Ned Finley Films, Incorporated, and has established a permanent studio for his work.Mr. Finley not only came himself, accompanied by a troupe of movie actors, but he has been the means of directing other companies to this section at frequent intervals. He is popular with the movie fans and by reason of his prominent position in the movie world is always attracting favorable publicity, something that counts for this section.for any criminal desiring to resist arrest, and that it placed the officer at an unnecessary disadvantage. Some time later I received an answer stating that my suggestion had been carefully noted, and implying that the matter might be given further consideration. Shortly afterwards, I understand, an order was issued changing the uniform worn by the mounted police, who are now wearing khaki. Inasmuch as the absence of the red coat has undoubtedly made the police officer less of a human bulls-eye, he now has something more like a fighting chance. I am glad that I was stubborn enough to adopt the| work of a location man becomes almost an easy-chair job, providing he is as well acquainted with the country as I am, and the actors and director simply cannot help but do better work in natural scenes which fit into the script as neatly as though the author had first visited this country and then written the stories. Add to this the tonic of bracing mountain air, and you can readily see why Bat Cave gets my vote for the motion picture studio capital of the Southeast.”Mr. Finley is producing a series of twenty-six two-reel dramas for distribution by General Film Company.GLOBE SHOE SALE.] khaki uniform for my screen role. Before the writer is the general Incidentally, my pictures, done three information pamphlet of the General • years ago, are today perfectly true ofFilm Company and it is decorated by a three-column scene at Bat Cavelife instead of being obsolete as to costume. Needless to say the O’Gar-and contains a number of timely ref- j ry roje j am continuing in Blue Ridgeerences to his work in this section.On the desk of the writer is also a copy of Moving Picture Stories, a weekly magazine devoted to photoplays and players, of 32 pages. It contains the story of “The Return of O’Garry,” a picture directed by Mr.Dramas finds me again in the dear old khaki.”HAPPY IN MOUNTAIN STUDIO.The sale of the Globe Shoe store at Asheville as advertised in the Hustler this week is by the firm with which F. Z. Morris, formerly of Hendersonville, recently associated himself.(From Motion Picture Stories.)Ned Finley, veteran screen actor Finley at his local studio, and also a an(j now a producer in his own right,full page entitled “Happy in Mountain Studio,” with illustration, telling of Mr. Finley’s work at Bat Cave. These publications have enormous circulations and every time favorable attention is called to this section, it counts in advertising value.is nothing if he is not a dyed-in-the-wool patriot. During the course of his stay in Esmeralda, North Carolina, where he produced the first three of a series of pictures in which he is starred, he taught the young people of the mountain community a mostDuring the period of the War. on American Midget Marvelpurpctt is to supply the local V*ei3j/r anli/eed.r.ity, or our Government, With fwxr alt;uvDO YOUR BIT. Help the Government by saving the ire gon wheat and flour. Believeon wheat ana nour. xw*T tion bf roads of this unnecessary con.?*one of establishing in your comm“?,V' , Mar-these wonderful American AU £ vei Roller Flour Mills-Anri MaIca Monev.Too
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The French Broad Hustler
Hendersonville, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 16, 1918
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